[3] He later began playing as a for-hire musician at Jewish weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York City; it was in this capacity that he met clarinetist Michael Heitzler, who introduced him to klezmer, leading him to discover the more artistic klezmer and jazz scene and ultimately teach courses on the subject at KlezKamp and Yiddish Summer Weimar.
[2] Initially a quintet on their first album composed of Ginzberg, Mike Cohen on clarinet, Allen Watsky on guitar, Yoshie Fruchter on bass, and Rich Huntley on drums, by the time of their follow-up, 2013's Happy Hour, the group had expanded to six members with the addition of Zach Mayer on baritone saxophone.
[2][3] That year, the band performed at a Hoshana Rabbah concert at The Carlebach Shul in September and as part of the New York Klezmer series at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in November, both in Manhattan.
[4] The album, Holy Chutzpah, was released on January 4, 2022, with Cohen and Mayer replaced by Michael Winograd of Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird on clarinet and Jessica Lurie on baritone saxophone.
[1][2][3][6] Ezra Glinter of The Forward wrote, "While the band moves between styles from song to song (“Mi Yiten" is distinctly reggae flavored, "Adir Ayom" is a more tranquil, Andy Statmenesque meditation), the overall aesthetic is one of intelligent and energetic rock music, only with Jewish musical modalities rather than Blues as its foundation.